Cindi Lombardo shares stories of her trip back from heartbreaking loss

Cindi Lombardo shares stories of her trip back from heartbreaking loss

Woman lost husband, children in crash 12 years ago

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Updated: 6:33 PM CST Nov 17, 2016

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>> THEY TOOK OFF THEIR HATS, PUT
THEIR HEADS DOWN, AND SAID THERE
WERE NO SURVIVORS.
KELLY: THOSE UNTHINKABLE WORDS
FROM POLICE TOLD CINDI LOMBARDO
HER FAMILY WAS GONE, KILLED IN
THIS CRASH ON I-70 IN BONNER
SPRINGS.
HER HUSBAND, JOE, AND HER TWO
SONS, GIOSEPPIE AND NINO.
FROM THAT TRAGEDY 12 YEARS AGO,
CINDI HAS WRITTEN A BOOK "THAT'S
MY GOD," EXPLAINING HOW SHE LOST
EVERYONE SHE'D SPENT HER LIFE
CARING FOR BUT FOUND THE
STRENGTH TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
THROUGH THE MOST DEVASTATING
MOMENT, TO TELL THEM HOW TO KEEP
GOING AND GET UP.
KELLY: CINDI NOW TRAVELS THE
WORLD AS A PASTOR AND
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER.
SHE SAYS HELPING OTHERS HELPED
HER GET OVER HER OWN PAI
>> LIFE IS HARD, THE HARDEST
THING WE YOU ARE EVER GOING TO
DO, BUT IN THE MIDST OF IT,
THERE ARE A LOT OF WONDERFUL
THINGS -- HOLD ON TO THE
WONDERFUL.

Cindi Lombardo shares stories of her trip back from heartbreaking loss

A car crash in Bonner Springs 12 years ago changed one woman’s life forever. Now Cindi Lombardo is sharing her story of navigating life after losing her husband and two children.

“They took off their hats and they put their heads down and said, ‘There are no survivors,’” she said, of the way troopers broke the news to her.

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Her husband Joe and her sons, Gioseppie and Nino, were killed in a crash on Interstate 70 in Bonner Springs.

Lombardo has written a book, “That’s my God,” explaining how she lost everyone she’d spent her life caring for, but found the strength to move forward.

“To help people that are going through their most devastating moments,” she said. “And to speak into their lives on how to keep going and how to get up.”

Lombardo now travels the world as a pastor and inspirational speaker. She said helping others helped her get over her own pain.

“Life is hard. It’s the hardest thing we’re ever going to walk through,” she said. “But in the midst of that, there’s a lot of wonderful. Hang on to those wonderfuls. Laugh about them. Let that love and laughter come back into your life.”

Lombardo is holding a public book signing and celebration at 7 p.m. Thursday at 1417 11th Street in Kansas City's West Bottoms area. She’s invited the first responders who helped her deal with the loss.